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Dionysus

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The god of the vine or wine; the son of Zeus and Semele ( q. v .), the "twice born," as plucked first from the womb of his dead mother and afterwards brought forth from the thigh of Zeus, which served to him as his "incubator." See Bacchus .

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Dionysus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/dionysus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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